Ethics

This article was very interesting. I was especially interested in two areas, first the dramatic drop in individuals who report that they have had sexual or erotic contact wtih their clients. Like Pope I wondered if there was some miracle that magically stopped people from having these relationships with their clients. I think that this topic has been publicized so much that people are just afraid that it will get back to them and they may get in trouble. Another thought that came to mind is that maybe they are trying to protect the name of Psychology. Psychologists may be afraid that the public will get a hold of this and if they do the stereotype of the Psychologist may be perpetuated. The other thing that I shocked to see was the number of therapists who attended special events like weddings of their clients. I think that this may be just as inaproriate as sexual contact with a client. Our role is not one of a friend but as we discussed in class, is one of a mentor or facilitator. By crossing this boudary we leave ourselves open to eb discredited.

On Pope's website I found some really cool and useful resources on doing forensic assessments. I want to look into teh book about the MMPI for Psychologists and Lawyers, to see what the actual content is. I am somewhat parpanoid given our discussion in class a couple of weeks ago. Is this book giving information about our tests and how to cheat on them. I will try to find more information and let everyone know.

hello here are my aswers for this week. (Pope article).
1. A
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. D
6. C
7. C
8. D
9. D
10. B
11. B
12. C